Foreign sponsors’ funds tear Shekau, commanders apart
At a time when he is running from one camp to another to evade capture by soldiers that are hot on his trail, a foreign funding from an international NGO has set the leader of Boko Haram, Abubabakar Shekau on a war path with some of his key commanders, as they accuse him of greed […]
Boko Haram/ISWAP: Inter-Faith group declares hour of victory, commences prayers for Buratai, troops in battle
The National Inter-Faith and Religious Organisations for Peace (NIFROP) has declared that this is the “hour of victory” for the Nigerian Army in its final clearance operation against Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists. Armed with the extra motivation of Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General T.Y Buratai on one side and prayers of Nigerians on the […]
Chad to try 58 suspected Boko Haram militants
Fifty-eight suspected Islamists who were rounded up in a Chadian operation against Boko Haram will be heard by a criminal court from Thursday, Justice Minister Djimet Arabi told AFP. Chad’s President, Idriss Deby Itno, asserted that Boko Haram militants were chased out of the country in the operation carried out between March 31 and April […]
Five security personnel killed by jihadists in Borno
Jihadists killed five Nigerian security personnel in a gunfight outside Maiduguri, the main city in Borno State, security sources said Wednesday. The state is the restive northeast of the country. A joint military and police patrol came under fire Tuesday from fighters aligned to the so-called Islamic State group near Buta village, 20 kilometres (12 […]
Shekau, Boko Haram Commanders reaching out to mediators for a ceasefire
There seems to be a crisis in the Boko Haram camp as credible sources have confirmed that the leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau, has been making frantic efforts to seek a soft landing as he prepares to surrender. This much was gathered from top intelligence sources in the Theatre of Operations in North-East Nigeria. […]
‘Now is the time to eliminate Boko Haram remnants’, Buratai charges troops
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General T.Y Buratai, has called on troops of Operation Lafiya Dole that now is the best time to wipe out fleeing Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists. The Army Chief, who is at the thick of things, gave this charge in an address to the troops on the frontlines in Ngamdu, Kaga, […]
